Hat-pin fastener.



L. LUCKOCK.

HAT PIN PASTENER. APPLIQATIQI'I FILED MAY 26, 1911.

18,200. Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

WITNESSES L [N VE 1V TOR. M BY COLUMBIA PLANOGRAP'H Cu. WASHINGTON. D c.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 20, 1912.

Application filed May 26, 1911. Serial No. 629,615.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LUKE LUCKOCK, citizen of the United States of America, residing at East Pittsburgh, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improve ments in Hat-Pin Fasteners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to a hat-pin fastener, and the objects of my invention are to provide a novel device that can be easily and quickly mounted upon the pointed end of a pin to retain the pin in a hat and prevent its loss or accidental displacement, and to provide a device that can be used to protect the pointed end of a pin and prevent pedestrians or others from being injured by contacting with the same.

Further objects of my invention are to provide a device of the above type with a novel gripping mechanism that is positive in its action, and to accomplish the above results by a device that is simple, durable, inexpensive to manufacture and highly efficient for the purposes for which it is intended.

With these and such other objects in view as may hereinafter appear, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter specifically described and then claimed.

Reference will now be had to the drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a side elevation of a pin provided with the fastener. Fig. 2 is an en larged vertical sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a perspective View of a detached socket. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a cletached gripping member, and Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the device designed as a pin point protector.

The reference numeral 1 denotes a tubular socket having the one end of the bore 2 flared to provide an entrance opening 3 for a pin 4. The socket 1 has one side thereof provided with a longitudinal enlargement 5 extending from one end of the socket to the opposite end thereof. The enlargement 5 has its inner end provided with a circular recess which communicates with a pocket 7 the latter being disposed at right angles with respect to the bore 2. The enlargement 5 is furthermore provided with a longitudinally-extending slot 8 which communicates with and extends from the recess 6 and terminates at the outer end of said enlargement. The slot 8 at its outer end opens into the bore 2. The inner wall of said slot 8 is beveled as at S.

Arranged transversely of the enlargement 5 in openings 9 provided therefor is a pin 10 and pivotally mounted upon said pin is a gripping member 11. The gripping member 11 is normally disposed at an angle within the slot 8, and has the lower end thereof cut away to provide a sharp tooth 12 adapted to frictionally engage the pin-4. The gripping member 11 is disposed parallel with the inner wall 8 of the slot 8. The upper end of the gripping member 11 is provided with a button or flat head 13 of less thickness than the thickness of the mem ber 11. The head 13 is disposed at right angles with respect to the sides of said member 11 and is furthermore disposed parallel with the bore 2. The head 13 is adapted to be shifted into the recess 6 when the gripping member 11 is to be released, normally the head 13 has the major portion thereof positioned clear of said recess 6. For maintaining the head 13 in what may be termed a projected position with respect to the recess 6 a coiled compression spring 14 is provided, said spring being mounted in the pocket 7 extending across the recess 6 and abutting against the inner end of the head 13. The spring not only maintains the head 13 in a projected position with respect to the recess 6, but further constitutes means for maintaining the gripping member 11 in frictional engagement with the pin 4.

Soldered or otherwise connected, as at 15 to the lower end of the socket 1 is ,an ornamental head 16, and when the device is to be used as a pin point protector, the socket 1 is prolonged and the lower end of the bore 2 closed. The head 16 is then mounted upon the lower end of the socket.

From the foregoing it will be observedthat the device is susceptible to any desired ornamentation and that it will positively look a pin in a hat to prevent its loss.

What I claim is A hat pin fastener comprising a body provided with a bore for the reception of the pin, said body having one side provided .with a longitudinal enlargement, said enlargement having one end provided with a circular recess and a pocket, said pocket communicating with the recess and disposed at right angles with respect to said bore,

said enlargement further provided with a longitudinally-extending slot communicating at one end with said recess and at its other end with said bore, a gripping member pivotally mounted in said slot and frictionally engaging the pin for locking the same, a head integral with said gripping member and arranged at said recess, and a spring mounted in said pocket, extending 10 across the recess and engaging said head and constituting means for normally maintaining the head projected and further constituting means for maintaining said member in gripping engagement with the pin.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

LUKE LUCKOCK. Witnesses:

CHRISTINA T. H001), MAX H. SROLOVITZ.

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